Ink blotter



H. STRAUSS.

Man- 6, 1923;l

INK BLOTTER.

FILED MAR.9.1922.

FIIIIIIIL Patented lidar. 6, 1923.

' HENRY suresnes, or CHEMNITZ, GERMANY. l

INK BLOTTER.

Application led March 9, 1922. Serial No. 542,522.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY STRAUss, al

citizen oi' the German Republic, residing at Chemnitz, Germany, haveinvented certain new and `useful Improvements in Ink Blotters (for whichI have tiled applications in Germany March 26, 1921, and May 2l, 192i),oi which the following is a specification.

In the usual screwless blotters thesblock of sheets of blotting paper issecured in its position upon the blotter simplyy by clamping in. rlfhepart which carries the block of sheets of blotting paper must either bel5 composed of two parts which may be hingedly connected the one withthe other or, if the support is made in one part only, strong layers ofsheets ot' blotting paper cannot be securely fixed Vand the attachmentmust be regulated in any case it the'pile of sheets of blotting papergets thinner. ln most cases only a small number of sheets of blotting'paper can be mounted upon a plate and clamped in by thebentl or rolledends of the plate.

According to this invention the block of sheets ot blotting paper isfixed upon a support, preferably made of card-board and sold in thisstate. The blotter, upon which the block of sheets of blotting paper islined, serves merely 'for holding the said support. The support Jfor theblock of sheets of blotting paper has slotted ends which are insertedbetween the upper and lower part of the blotter proper and transversedby large flaps of the upper part.

The block of sheets of blotting paper can be of any convenient thicknessas not the blotting paper itself but merely its support is clamped 1n.

In order that the `invention may be clearly understood, I shall proceedto describe the same with reference to the form of construction shown,by way of example, on the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. l shows theimproved blotter in front elevation, partly in cross section.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 illustrates the bloc-k of sheets of blotting paper. p

The blotter is made of sheet metal and composed of an upper part a ofthe usual curved shape and of a lower part oZ. A Hap b, c respectively,is cut out at each end of the upper part a and bent inwardly. The lowerpart eZ which is curved in opposite direction as the upper part has itsends e, m bent upwardly so that they adapt themselves to the curvatureof the upper part 0;, slits f, g'being provided in these ends m, e whichserve Jfor the reception of the iaps b and c of the upper part.

The flaps Z), c are securely. held in the slits of the lower part by theelasticity of the upper part a. so that a strong pull is necessary toseparate the upper part from the lower part. The block Z of sheets ofblotting paper is attached to a strip ZL of card board the ends 7c, Z ofwhich are bent upward and have Vslits which correspond with the slits inthe ends or' the lower part Zi Thecard board support Zz, of the block orsheets of blotting paper i is placed upon the outer surface of the lowerpart CZ so that vthe ends Zt', Z of the card board support eX tend overthe upwardly bent ends e, m o' the lower part of the blotter, whereuponfirst one of the iaps I5, c of the upper part a is pushed through thecorresponding registering slits of the card board support and of theupwardly turned end Ve or lm, of the lower part, the other flap of theupper part being then pushed through the slits of the other upwardlyextending ends of the lower part d and of the card board support ZL,whereby a secure and very simple connection is obtained. v

This blotter is very easyv to manufacture as the upper part as well asthe lower part consists each only of one stamped and curved piece ofsheet metal. Upon the upper surface of the card board support hadvertisements are printed and the lower part d of the blotter has awindow n through which the advertisement 0 can be seen as shown onFigure 3.

An improved ink blotter comprising in combination an upper curved partof sheet metal, inwardly bent flaps cut out of the ends of said upperpart, a lower part of sheet metal curved in opposite direction as saidupper part having a large opening (window), upwardly bent ends of saidlower part having slits designed to receive the flaps of the upper part,a block of sheets of blotting paper, a card board support upon whichsaid block of sheets of blotting paper is ixed having advertisementsupon lower part and to receive the flaps of the support, substantiallyas described and shown and for the 'purpose -set forth.

In testimony whereof I aHX :my signature 1n presence of two lWitnesses.`

HENRY sTRAUss.

i Witnesses:

EMIL WEINERT, W. V. SMITH.

